![Temptacio dyaboli de fide [The Test of Faith by the Devil], from Ars Moriendi [The Art of Dying]](/internal/media/dispatcher/14021/preview)
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Temptacio dyaboli de fide [The Test of Faith by the Devil], from Ars Moriendi [The Art of Dying]
Primary
Unknown possibly German
NationalityGerman (?), Europe
Place MadeGermany, Europe
Datecirca 1470, printed circa 1600
MediumWoodcut
DimensionsSheet: 7 5/8 × 5 11/16 in. (19.3 × 14.5 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, 2002.260
Keywords
Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2002.260
On View
Not on viewA spiritual guide to preparing for death, Ars Moriendi was one of the most popular texts of the late Middle Ages. Beginning in the Netherlands around 1465 there appeared abbreviated printed editions with eleven woodcut illustrations. This subject, the first, represents a dying man beset by demons and proffered pagan faith in the form of the column, but protected by Christ, the Virgin and a saint who appear behind the headboard. It comes from a very early Latin edition and, although a later printing, is one of only three known examples.
Exhibitions
![Al futuro según Ars Magnesium: Relato de la ida por la vuelta [To the Future According to Ars Magnesium: Story of the Journey Through Its Return],](/internal/media/dispatcher/14342/thumbnail)
![Al futuro según Ars Magnesium: Relato de la ida por la vuelta [To the Future According to Ars Magnesium: Story of the Journey Through Its Return],](/internal/media/dispatcher/14343/thumbnail)
![Al futuro según Ars Magnesium: Relato de la ida por la vuelta [To the Future According to Ars Magnesium: Story of the Journey Through Its Return],](/internal/media/dispatcher/14344/thumbnail)
![Al futuro según Ars Magnesium: Relato de la ida por la vuelta [To the Future According to Ars Magnesium: Story of the Journey Through Its Return],](/internal/media/dispatcher/14345/thumbnail)
![Al futuro según Ars Magnesium: Relato de la ida por la vuelta [To the Future According to Ars Magnesium: Story of the Journey Through Its Return],](/internal/media/dispatcher/14346/thumbnail)
![Al futuro según Ars Magnesium: Relato de la ida por la vuelta [To the Future According to Ars Magnesium: Story of the Journey Through Its Return],](/internal/media/dispatcher/14347/thumbnail)
![Al futuro según Ars Magnesium: Relato de la ida por la vuelta [To the Future According to Ars Magnesium: Story of the Journey Through Its Return],](/internal/media/dispatcher/14348/thumbnail)
Unknown possibly Italian
1701